Daily Release Summary: 2026-08-11

Generated from 56 structured change items. The companion YAML remains the source for deterministic tooling.

Overview

OpenMates focused on refining audio generation skills, enhancing chat file management, and stabilizing the core interface. Significant work was done on audio asset storage, billing by duration, and surfacing chat-related files in settings.

Released Changes

• None

Bug Fixes

• Resolved issues where welcome messages would appear while the message composer was active. (6dbfae61d, b6302ad63)
• Fixed audio preview playback scoping and made example audio files playable in the store. (d7f949f88, 71c91229c)
• Corrected bank transfer settlement alerts and added idempotency to PDF upload billing. (70e48a55f, 94e498576)
• Stabilized authentication and sync flows, including recovery key transitions, login cache fallbacks, and chat sync recovery. (30d05e744, 4f08b38a4, cc19be438)

Unreleased Progress

• Audio skills now store outputs as generated assets, calculate costs based on duration, and expose example files for testing. (c4ab9796a, bef48db31, 7872aa931)
• Chat files are now surfaced in settings and the CLI, with deep links connecting example chat costs to usage data. (903ebad36, ccdfcbe99, 8e30afb59)
• The message input now handles pasted embeds as sendable content and includes improved paste recovery. (5ef2772f1, a1a8298a6, 62c7b43fc)
• Initial work on task contracts and Apple platform parity for voice recording views was added. (4efb9c08a, af10e174d)

Internal Progress

• OpenCode sessions now support strict proof videos, progress delta notifications, and the OpenMatesCloud session workflow. (e7ae53cf9, db703f4ba, daea9ddd4)
• Infrastructure updates include parallelized startup metadata sync and the use of GPT-5.5 for execution workers. (4a8ecb303, c3b72dfa3)
• Testing frameworks were hardened for parallel debug workers and campaign token minting. (18e5b2cba, 95a43d88e, 3a55325b0)

Newsletter Guidance

Include

• None

Exclude

• Audio generation refinements (c4ab9796a)
• Chat file management and CLI surfacing (903ebad36)
• Task contract backfill (4efb9c08a)

Rationale

All changes from this period are currently in development (dev_only) and have not been merged to the main branch for public release.

Quality Notes

• Heavy focus on audio skill infrastructure and asset management.
• Significant cleanup of message input edge cases, specifically around pasting and welcome message suppression.
• No changes were merged to the main branch during this period.